About the Authors

Matthew E. Falagas

m.falagas@aibs.gr

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Marousi, Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Mitera General Hospital, Hygeia Group, Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Angeliki Zarkali

Affiliation Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Marousi, Athens, Greece

Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Marousi, Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine, Hygeia Hospital, Marousi, Athens, Greece, Hellenic Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Marousi, Athens, Greece

Vangelis Bardakas

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Marousi, Athens, Greece, Department of Applied Mathematical and Physical Science, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Michael N. Mavros

Affiliation Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Marousi, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MEF DEK. Performed the experiments: AZ VB. Analyzed the data: VB MNM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MEF AZ DEK MNM. Wrote the paper: MEF AZ DEK VB MNM.